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THOMAS JACKSON et al., APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM E. ASHTON (1834)

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THOMAS JACKSON et al., APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM E. ASHTON
Term: 1834
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1834
Decided: March 7, 1834
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

THOMAS JACKSON et al., APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM E. ASHTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1834. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1834.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 33 U.S. 148
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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